History Film / Razorback

''Razorback'' is an Australian horror film from the year 1984. It was directed by Russell Mulcahy, who also did the first two ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}s'', the film adaptation of ''Film/TheShadow'' and ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction''.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: Wild boars actually 'are'' incredibly tough, combining an immense tolerance for pain and blood loss with a dense hide and thick subcutaneous fat deposits that function as natural armor. As anybody who's actually hunted boars knows, you need to be very precise with your shots, because they can take a lot of punishment and keep on kicking. A boar the size of the titular Razorback? Yeah, it really would be as tough as the film suggests.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Benny and Dicko, both of whom are real nasty pieces of work.

Later, an American TV-journalist Beth (Judy Morris) comes to the area to investigate the local Petpak pet food factory due to alleged acts of animal cruelty. She gets in trouble with the factory's employees and becomes the boar's victim. Her fiancee Carl (Gregory Harrison) follows her trail to the area and is caught up in the whole thing.

Events take place in the [[LandDownUnder Australian outback]], where the titular gigantic wild boar dwells. In the opening segment, the boar attacks old hunter Jake Cullen's house, killing his grandson in the process. He tries to tell the truth about the attack, only to be accused of murder. After his acquital due to lack of evidence, Jake vows revenge and sets out to kill the beast and every other boar that comes to his sights.

Later, an American TV-journalist Beth comes to the area to investigate the local Petpak pet food factory due to alleged acts of animal cruelty. She gets in trouble with the factory's employees and becomes the boar's victim. Her fiancee Carl follows her trail to the area and is caught up in the whole thing.

* HellIsThatNoise: The boar's roars, squeals, and snarls. And Jake's grandson Scotty's screams, considering he's [[NightmareFuel still alive]] in the opening after the boar drags him away.

* BadassGrandpa / CoolOldGuy: Jake Cullen.

* LaserGuidedKarma: When Carl comes looking for Beth, the rumour is that she fell down a mine shaft. [[spoiler: Guess what happens to Benny towards the climax.]]

* RecycledInSpace: It's ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' with a giant boar in Australia, complete with Jake Cullen as the Quint analogue. It's actually [[TropesAreNotBad much better]] than that description would suggest, however.

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Cullen is killed by Benny and Dicko, leaving Carl and Sarah alone to fight the boar in the climax.]]

* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler: The boar. First Carl impales a metal rod into its neck, which does little more than make it mad, then it gets shocked by broken factory machinery, and finally Carl tricks it into a DeadlyRotaryFan.]]

* CoolCar: The gang's modified ex-military Unimog wouldn't look out of place in a ''Franchise/MadMax'' film.

* CoolCar: The gang's modified truck wouldn't look out of place in a ''Franchise/MadMax'' film.

->''"Arguably the best film ever made [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative about a giant man-eating hog.]]"''

* AnyoneCanDie: [[InfantImmortality Jake's infant grandson]] is killed off in the very first scene, [[DecoyProtagonist Beth]] becomes boar-chow later on, and [[spoiler: Jake is crippled and left to die by Benny and Dicko.]]

* InfantImmortality: Averted in the opening, when Jake's grandson is killed by the razorback.

* RRatedOpening: Although there's no blood or gore, the movie makes its intentions known quite early when Jake's baby grandson is killed by by the monster less than three minutes into the movie.

* NothingIsScarier: In classic monster movie fashion, the boar is not seen often, or in detail, until the climax.